Distance measurements and origin levels of the coeliac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, and inferior mesenteric artery by multiple-detector computed tomography angiography

• Published in: Anatomical science international 2021, Vol.96 (1), p.132-141
• Main Authors: Ekingen, Arzu, Hatipoğlu, Eyüp Savaş, Hamidi, Cihad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anatomy; Angiography; Animal Anatomy; Animal Physiology; Aorta; Aorta, Abdominal - anatomy & histology; Aorta, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Arteries; Celiac Artery - anatomy & histology; Celiac Artery - diagnostic imaging; Cell Biology; Computed tomography; Computed Tomography Angiography - methods; Female; Histology; Human Physiology; Humans; Lumbar Vertebrae - blood supply; Lymphatic drainage; Male; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mesenteric Artery, Inferior - anatomy & histology; Mesenteric Artery, Inferior - diagnostic imaging; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - anatomy & histology; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - diagnostic imaging; Middle Aged; Morphology; Multidetector Computed Tomography - methods; Neurosciences; Original Article; Retrospective Studies; Sex Characteristics; Vertebrae; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1447-6959; 1447-073X
• DOI: 10.1007/s12565-020-00571-x

The aim of this study is to determine vertebral levels of the coeliac trunk, the superior mesenteric artery, and the inferior mesenteric artery originated from the abdominal aorta and to calculate the distance measurements between these arteries and between these arteries and the aortic bifurcation by multidetector computed tomography angiography technique. It was determined that the nine different vertebral levels of the coeliac trunk, the nine different vertebral levels of the superior mesenteric artery, and the eleven different vertebral levels of the inferior mesenteric artery. The distance measurements between the coeliac trunk and the superior mesenteric artery, the inferior mesenteric artery, the aortic bifurcation were found significant between female and male. In this study, it was determined more different levels than the levels described in classical anatomy. The preoperative information of these morphological variations can contribute to the reduction of surgical time and perioperative vascular complications especially for anterior lumbar interbody fusion and defining the location of the primary lymphatic drainage site for gastrointestinal malignancies.